The Halifax County Board of Elections received an election protest from Mr. Jefferson Griffin, candidate for the Associate Justice of NC Supreme Court. The protest was filed Tuesday afternoon. 

Members of the board will meet Friday, November 22 at 4 p.m. in the Old Commissioners Building located at 2 North King St, Halifax NC 27839 for the preliminary consideration. 

This building is located beside the Old Historic Courthouse. 

The protest and a recount Friday morning is tied to the small lead incumbent Allison Riggs has over her Republican challenger Griffin.

The Associated Press reported Mondayreported Monday that Riggs had trailed on election night by roughly 10,000 votes to Griffin, a state Court of Appeals judge.

That margin dwindled last week as election boards in the state’s 100 counties reviewed information associated with tens of thousands of provisional and absentee ballots and added voting choices of those that qualified for counting to totals.